*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Today: Edit tools for Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Powerek38/Wikiponiedzia%C5%82ek, on-line workshop in Polish, access link https://meet.google.com/qxo-cxno-vvb, March 30, 17:00 GMT (7pm Warsaw time) - Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #7 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#7, April 5 - Upcoming: Wikidata for beginners https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_for_beginners, April 1 - Upcoming: Wiki Workshop https://wikiworkshop.org/2020/, researchers forum (fully remote), on April 21. More information https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013914.html, registration https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2ctfYVIokWYsvUfxcdF-FNwrymgzpNZLh25EhU8JbvKp1tA/viewform - Upcoming: The Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020 will take place fully remotely in July 2020. Call for submissions with remote formats is open until April 30th. - Upcoming: the Wikidata Wochenende https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Wochenende_Ulm_2020 (previously in Ulm) will take place fully remote on June 12-14
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Video: How can Wikimedia projects help fight the pandemic https://vimeo.com/399597324, by Susanna Ånäs - *Investigating Software Usage in the Social Sciences: A Knowledge Graph Approach https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Investigating-Software-Usage-in-the-Social-A-Graph-Schindler-Zapilko/1553ebb524a1716f7667b8d577b37f6a2ffb8e02?email_index=0-0-0* ("we linked the entities of the knowledge graph to other knowledge bases such as the Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph, the Software Ontology, and Wikidata") - *Wikidata Queries around the SARS-CoV-2 virus and pandemic https://egonw.github.io/SARS-CoV-2-Queries/* (free eBook) - Video: Live SPARQL editing in French by Vigneron https://www.twitch.tv/videos/577443863 - Video: Live editing in English by Ainali and Abbe98: Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgdn8gziCPo, Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/videos/578473221, Periscope https://www.pscp.tv/w/1vOxwoYWDPDxB, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/2787102894670857/
Tool of the week
- IdentifierInput https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:1Veertje/identifierInput: when adding identifiers, it lets you paste the full URL, and extracts the ID part
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- About Wikidata dumps: - No second XML dump in March https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-March/093207.html - RDF and JSON dumps generation is broken https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248612 (no new dump since March 11th, fix in progress) - Wikidata knowledge imbalance dashboard - Alpha release https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013903.html - Internet Archive has launched a National Emergency Library https://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/ and would like to work together with WikiCite https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013905.html - wb_terms migration: a temporary table has been created, the current wb_terms table will be emptied on April 6th (more details https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Important_for_tool_maintainers:_last_steps_of_wb_terms_table_migration )
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: generational suffix https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8017, LiverTox likelihood score https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8026, size designation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8030, perpetrator https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8031, victim https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8032 - External identifiers: IGCD game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8018, Kickstarter project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8019, Gram.pl game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8020, Kooora/Goalzz player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8021, RFI Musique artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8022, VideoGamer.com game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8023, Nobel Laureate API ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8024, VGMRips system ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8025, VGMRips company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8027, GameRevolution game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8028, PIV Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8029, Movie Review Query Engine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8033, VcBA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8034, m3db.com film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8035 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Clinical_Trial_Registry_identifier, donated to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/donated_to, number of hospitalized cases https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_hospitalized_cases, number of home cases https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_home_cases, ARK formatter https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ARK_formatter, Filceolaire https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filceolaire, viability on surface https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/viability_on_surface, entry receptor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/entry_receptor, birth rate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/birth_rate - External identifiers: SAN archive producer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAN_archive_producer_ID, SAR ancestor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAR_ancestor_ID, National Catalog of Hospitals ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Catalog_of_Hospitals_ID, Pinakes copyist or possessor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pinakes_copyist_or_possessor_ID, Frankfurter Personenlexikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Frankfurter_Personenlexikon_ID, Encyklopedia Solidarności ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyklopedia_Solidarno%C5%9Bci_ID, Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geschichtsquellen_des_deutschen_Mittelalters_author_ID, identifiant Geneastar https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Geneastar, Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geschichtsquellen_des_deutschen_Mittelalters_work_ID, Women of Scotland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_of_Scotland_ID, Women of Scotland subject ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_of_Scotland_subject_ID, World Biographical Information System ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Biographical_Information_System_ID, COTREX trail ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/COTREX_trail_ID, Natural Atlas ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Natural_Atlas_ID, Apache Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Apache_Project_ID, Amazon Prime Video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amazon_Prime_Video_ID, Archival Resource Key https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archival_Resource_Key, UM-BBD compound ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UM-BBD_compound_ID, BitterDB Compound ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BitterDB_Compound_ID, FooDB compound ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FooDB_compound_ID, ModelSEED compound ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ModelSEED_compound_ID, Hopital.fr ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hopital.fr_ID, BookBrainz publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BookBrainz_publisher_ID, Macdonald Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macdonald_Dictionary_ID, FHF hospital group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FHF_hospital_group_ID, FHF establishment ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FHF_establishment_ID, Ameli ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ameli_ID, Pascal et Francis ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pascal_et_Francis_ID, Retronews ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Retronews_ID, Elephind.com https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elephind.com, What Do They Know organisation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/What_Do_They_Know_organisation_ID, Papers Past https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Papers_Past, Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Internetowy_Polski_S%C5%82ownik_Biograficzny_ID, I-Revues ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/I-Revues_ID, BDSP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BDSP_ID - Query examples: - People born more than a year after one of their parents https://w.wiki/LbG - UK MPs who were born after their father's death https://w.wiki/Lbc (source https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1244351531882893316) - National flags representing mountains https://w.wiki/Lbe (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1244364986723577861) - Map of Umgebindehäuser (Upper Lusatian houses) https://w.wiki/Lbf (source https://twitter.com/saxorum/status/1243967738999169026) - Map of megaliths in Morbihan (Bretagne) https://w.wiki/Lbh (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1242906385605591041)
Development
- Fix an issue with the Wikidata dumps (phab:T248612 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248612) - Migrate to and read from new store for item terms (phab:T219123 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219123) - Create wb_terms_no_longer_updated to ease the transition to the new tables - Bridge: improve the rendering of references (phab:T238661 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238661) - More work on editing references (phab:T240333 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240333) - Continue setting up a test system to work on federated properties - More research on suggesting references
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority.
Monthly Tasks
- Create a scraper for Mix'n'match https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/ from the catalogue list. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mix%27n%27match/Catalogues - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. - Comment on property proposals: all open proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview - Contribute to a Showcase item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items . - Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! - Help merge identical items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects. - Help write the next summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next